Governor Research Assignment
2 min readFeb 18, 2021
Roy Cooper — North Carolina
- He was born in Nash County, North Carolina.
- Cooper’s mother was a school teacher, and his father was a farmer and lawyer.
- Cooper worked on his family’s farm when he was growing up, and he was named after his father, Roy Cooper Jr.
- Cooper earned a degree in law from UNC.
- Cooper went to public school growing up.
- Cooper is married to Kristin Cooper, and they have three daughters together. Their names are Hilary, Natalie, and Claire.
- Cooper has served as a deacon in his church, and he has also taught Sunday school.
- Cooper has also worked as a tutor to students locally.
- He was a partner in a law firm from 1982–2000.
- Cooper was a North Carolina Representative from 1981–1991.
- Cooper was a North Carolina Senator from 1991–2000.
- Starting in 2000, Cooper was elected the Attorney General of North Carolina, and he served for four terms.
- Cooper has been the governor since 2017.
- Cooper has focused on fighting for families, community, and education in the state.
- During the pandemic, Cooper has stood for schools to reopen, but only under specific conditions. Students are to wear masks at all times and only attend limited amounts of time in-person.
- Cooper stands strongly for the fair pay of teachers, and he is constantly looking for new ways to improve education in that way.
- However, Cooper is looking to cut funding to private schools, which is controversial as far as the topic of school choice.
- Cooper is a relatively popular governor, and politicians with opposing views from him are determined to find him in scandal.
- With a target on his back, Cooper was accused of illegally accepting millions of dollars from a pipeline company. However, while the ethics of Cooper were put into question with the situation, the complaint was seen as something planned and did not impact his reputation much.
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